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Traquer
30 March 2002, 22:07
i have access to wb for the A1200 and an A1200, which i am lead to believe has crossdos on it. is it possible to copy crossdos from this disk and put it on wb2.05 for the A600?
if this is not possible, what version of crossdos could i put on wb2.05?
Traquer
30 March 2002, 23:05
where can i get a copy of crossdos from?
thomas
31 March 2002, 19:59
Originally posted by zakfab
i have access to wb for the A1200 and an A1200, which i am lead to believe has crossdos on it. is it possible to copy crossdos from this disk and put it on wb2.05 for the A600?
if this is not possible, what version of crossdos could i put on wb2.05?


CrossDOS consists of the following files:

On Workbench disk:

Devs/mfm.device
L/CrossDOSFileSystem
L/FileSystem_Trans/DANSK.crossdos
L/FileSystem_Trans/INTL.crossdos
L/FileSystem_Trans/MAC.crossdos

On Storage disk:

DosDrivers/PC0
DosDrivers/PC0.info
DosDrivers/PC1
DosDrivers/PC1.info

On Extras disk:

Tools/Commodities/CrossDOS
Tools/Commodities/CrossDOS.info

(the latter is used for settings and not necessarily needed)

AFAIK you can easily copy the files to the right places on your 2.x Workbench and use it.

Bye

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Traquer
31 March 2002, 21:38
thanks :)
just 1 more thing, whats the 'storage disk'?
DrBong
31 March 2002, 22:16
He is talking about the Storage drawer of Workbench (that is, Workbench:Storage).
thomas
01 April 2002, 11:29
The "wb for the A1200" (I think it is 3.0) consists of 6 floppy disks: Workbench, Extras, Fonts, Storage, Locale and Install. When installed on hard disks, all files from these disks are in seperate drawers on the boot partition usualy named like the floppies.

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Traquer
01 April 2002, 22:47
well on wb 2.05 i have wb, extras and fonts.

if i take the files from the workbench3.0 and extras3.0 and put them on my wb2.05 and extras 2.05 disks, would that work? and where should i put the files from the storage disk?
thomas
02 April 2002, 16:39
IMHO it should suffice to copy the files from the 3.0 Workbench disk to the 2.0 WB disk. Then insert the 3.0 storage disk and double click on the PC0 icon. This should enable you to handle PC floppies. As PC0 and PC1 are quite small files (btw they are readable and editable text), you could copy them to the 2.0 WB, too, no matter where. As already said, the CrossDOS commodity from the Extras disk is not needed for usual work.

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Traquer
02 April 2002, 20:50
thanks :) ill see if it works in a few days when i get my friends A1200
whiteb
06 April 2002, 05:51
Originally posted by zakfab
where can i get a copy of crossdos from?


Crossdos WAS/IS commercial, but it was supplied on an Amiga format coverdisk some time back.

I have MSD from aminet running aswell. (Messydos).